There are people in any community who go about their lives in a quiet fashion, ruffling no feathers and roiling no waters. Excerpt From the Daily Local News today.
ON THE AWARD FOR JOHN DUFFY. GIVE DONATONI ONE TOO.
Well, he has ruffled our feathers. What he did to our Mother in a time of tragedy to benefit himself, is at the least criminal. He took money from my Mother who was waiting on a payment from her insurance company for the death of her husband in a hit and run accident. This poor woman had two tragedy’s within months of each other and John Duffy and Robert Donatoni saw away to profit from this misery.
Robert Donatoni was the first Attorney my Mother hired for her Grandson. My Mother paid over $30,000 to initially represent her Grandson. My Mother didn’t have the money, she took her life savings from her retirement to pay him, hoping her Grandson would get a fair trial. That’s all she wanted, was fair and proper representation for him. Robert Donatoni apparently worked under Duffy when first starting out we were told. Robert Donatoni promised my Mother the world.
I knew he was bad news for my nephew and her from the beginning, he was a fast talker , but wouldn’t answer any questions. I told my Mother this, in fact he asked her not to bring me to any meetings with him because he knew that I knew what was going on, and could see right through him. He was always a wreck, crying about going through a divorce, saying how he was having a rough time, he was depressed, he should have never took on this case let alone any, snorting, sniffling, pacing around, couldn’t sit still, but knew how to talk. I saw through him though, if my Mother would have just listened then. He was a fast and smooth talker, I knew then, a good lawyer doesn’t promise you anything, he promises he will do the best he can.
I saw right through him, it’s a shame my Mother didn’t listen then, but she believed him, he called her when I was not around promising her everything, he was actually telling her not to listen to me, this is a good Attorney?? Well, yeah, I guess that’s why they get the name they do. It’s a shame for any good ones out there . Again this is why he didn’t want me around after that because he knew he could talk to my Mother, stressed out, depressed who just lost her husband and had all this going on.
We will get back to Robert Donatoni later in another post and ebook coming soon, along with why this case was handled the way it was, what happened, what didn’t happen, and so forth.
After my nephew was hung out to dry by Donatoni his own Attorney, and sentenced, my nephew needed someone for an appeal. We went to John Duffy because I always heard he was a great defense Attorney, and advised my Mother to call him, Stupid Me, I could kick myself now, and everyday, over and over.
We met with him and we just wanted to talk to him, he promised us the world, he said for 2 cents he would sue Donatoni, making him look bad the whole time, going on and on, sounding so good, just what we wanted to hear, or needed to hear at the time. My Mother felt a glimmer of hope, and he knew it. John Duffy knew it and played on it.
My Mother told him she was expecting an insurance check in a couple of weeks, and she would hire him then, he said he would wait and again promised her the world.
John Duffy kept calling telling her, we need to move on this, did you get the check yet, and my poor Mother just kept stressing and telling him not yet that she was waiting , and hadn’t heard anything yet. I could see it in her face, how upset she was, we all were, we had the death of my Father, and this tragedy . We were all in shock over this, all the while an Attorney you think is on your side , is calling you for money and laying on the guilt and how much you need him while waiting only for a check . John Duffy is worried only about his $25,000 check. Yes, John Duffy, you deserve an award!!!
My Mother told him, I didn’t get the insurance money yet, I will have to let him get a public defender, all the while a nervous wreck and worried and upset, John Duffy swore up and down that she needed him, that no public defender could handle this. So he continued to call her and waited for her check to come in, all along my Mother is hoping for this great white hope.
John Duffy did nothing, he waited, he took a check for $25,000 and handed this case to P.J. Redmond who also did nothing. P. J. Redmond was practicing under John Duffy at the time, he wasn’t a partner, my Mother would have never agreed to let P. J. Redmond represent her Grandson and let alone pay him that kind of money. John Duffy lied to her about this, he took the money and had no input on the case except to ask for the money. We are not talking about paying a lawyer fee of $500.00 here, which is even alot for someone who doesn’t have it, we are talking alot of money. It’s okay if you get what you pay for, if you get an Attorney who calls you, calls his client, visits him, prepares a case, Duffy and Donatoni did nothing, nothing, they owe my Mother all of that money back. They should start deducting now and send her a check.
P.J. Redmond maybe, talked to my nephew once if that, John Duffy once if that, Robert Donatoni once if that, these guys took $75,000 between them and did nothing!!!! They know it, and I hope they sleep well every night. Money doesn’t do all that for me, it can come and go, but I could never, ever, lie, cheat and or steal from someones misery for the all mighty dollar.
They are no better than a drug addict on the street that they claim they help, the only difference is there business is legal. A drug addict when straight has more morals and conscious then they do.
Again, I hope they can sleep good at night knowing what they did to my Mother. I hope their $75,000 gets them not only an award, but a path into heaven, because they will need it.
In closing:
The reason I am saying different amounts is because Robert Donatoni charged a fee of $30,000, but my Mother paid other items that were not in the flat fee for paperwork, and other charges that rang up to about another $5000.00 grand, than she paid Duffy $25,000 with other fees again than kept coming in to the same tune.
My Mother hired John Duffy, not P.J. Redmond, she hired John Duffy for his expected experience. John Duffy promised her the world than couldn’t even answer a call from her or talk to her. A public defender would have done more than these two.
She took her money from the death of her husband hoping to help her Grandson, and John Duffy and Robert Donatoni had no problem taking it.
What he did was to pressure my Mother into guilt, and promising her she needed him, when he knew he didn’t give a damn. Yeah, John Duffy, you deserve an award, Give Donatoni one too while they are at it.
IF JOHN DUFFY and ROBERT DONATONI HAD ANY KIND OF CONSCIOUS, THEY WOULD GIVE HER MONEY BACK, AS SHE OWES TAXES AND IS LOSING HER HOUSE BECAUSE SHE PAID OVER $80,000 FOR TWO ATTORNEYS TO PUT HER GRANDSON AWAY FOR LIFE. PUBLIC DEFENDERS COULD HAVE DONE IT FOR FREE. She took her little bit of money from her husbands death to pay thinking it would help her Grandson, not throw him away without a fair trial of fair proper representation!! $ 80,000 plus should have at least got that.
Like I said, so much more, it goes too deep for one post, but the Trial Judge, District Attorney, State Bar, Appellate Judges, also did nothing fair in this case. Trust me, it’s not sour grapes. fair is fair, and this wasn’t, but if your going to lock someone up and throw away the key, don’t rob them first, admit your not going to help with his defense and advise them to save their money, it may not be alot to you but $80,000 is a astronomical amount for some!!! It may also be fair for a good defense, but when you have a file on such a serious trial in a single manilla folder with about 6 pages, you do not deserve that money, not one cent.
We will get into the whole courtroom drama and things that never came out in this drama at a later time, keep checking back, it goes way deeper than this. We haven’t even touched on it yet.
However John Duffy, you know what you did, you remember, and I hope you can sleep at night, and when you look at that award, think of Brandon, and better yet, think of his poor Grandmother who you and Robert Donatoni took advantage of for the sake of the dollar. You know, your getting older now and your money is not going to buy your way into heaven!!!
Was it Byrne for Brandon????? The man who lost all his appeals under John Duffy all of the sudden struck a deal???? Hmmmmm
Congratulations on your award.
Much more to come on this. check back.
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